An innocuous picture of two men kissing was removed by Facebook for apparently breaking the rules of the site.

The person who posted the picture - a still from a scene in EastEnders - also received a stern warning from the social networking site.

Niall O'Conghaile was told that pictures that 'contain nudity, or any kind of graphic or sexually suggestive content, are not permitted on Facebook.'

This image, taken from a scene in EastEnders, was removed from Facebook for breaking the site's rules

The man was also told: 'Additional violations may result in the termination of your account. Please read the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities carefully and refrain from posting abusive material in the future.'

The offending picture was used as the profile image of an anti-homophobia event held in a London pub last week.

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Last week's demonstration was organised after two gay men on a date were asked to leave the John Snow pub for openly kissing.

Jonathan Williams, 26, and James Bull, 23, were told by a woman who claimed to be the landlady that their actions were 'obscene'.

Jonathan Williams, right, and James Bull outside the John Snow pub, where they were asked to leave last week after openly kissing

In protest at the removal of the picture, a Facebook group, called 'Kissing is cool', was set up which encouraged users of the site to change their profile image to a photo of two people of the same sex kissing.

Facebook has since apologised for their 'error' in removing of the picture.

'The photo in question does not violate our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and was removed in error. We apologize for the inconvenience,' a statement read.